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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1969)
Any Wednesday Pleasant comedy set as final VLT show By CHRIS HOUGLUM Oi the Emerald Eugene’s Very Little Theatre (VLT) has come up with an other success for its final pro duction of the season—not an unqualified success, troubled as it is with some minor casting problems and uneven pacing— but a production which promis es a pleasant evening of com edy for those not looking for any big surprises. The play in question is Mu riel Resnick’s “Any Wednes - day,’’ an essentially lightweight piece which attempts to make infidelity appear funny. Doesn't sound like much at first, ad mittedly, but it’s considerably more successful than most at tempts of this nature. And VLT has dressed up the play considerably with a fine set and a cast of four who man age to invest the vehicle with all possible comic appeal. The play’s plot, which im - proves upon the pallid premise, runs like this: wealthy business man John Cleves, is allowing his young mistress, Ellen Gordon, to occupy an apartment which serves as a tax-deductible exec utive suite while they carry on the affair. The incompe - tence of Cleves’ secretary, however, results in the ar rival of small - businessman Cass Henderson, who comes to the suite in hopes of asking the absent Cleves about a business matter. The young man’s presence provokes a quarrel with Ellen, at which time Mrs. Cleves, also searching for her husband and also misdirected, arrives to in tercede in what she believes to be a misunderstanding be - tween newlyweds. She invites the young couple out on the town with her hubby and the re sult, of course, is pandemonium. Playwright Resnick supple - ments these complex situations with many clever lines, but they often come in staccato bursts, leaving intervals where humor is low-key, if not absent. Con sequently, the play has its live ly spots, and nearly as many pe riods in which the case is al lowed to languish about on the stage. The comic strength of the characterizations is something which can be relied on in some such circumstances, but at times the production is a bit wearing. Jean Tollenaar appears most comfortable of the quartet in her role as the gracious, toler ant Mrs. Cleves. This is the most low-key, down-to-earth charac - terization of the production, and Mrs. Tollenaar capitalizes on its relative strength. Mary Ann Wish, as Ellen, is handicapped by only one factor —she is a mild knockout. 11 becomes relatively difficult at times to associate such an Ama zon with the flighty ingenue of Resnick’s creation. This aside, Mrs. Wish handles her lines with all the flair which would contribute to an ideal perfor mance by someone a little less attractive. , Bill Jones and Wayne Wag ner, both making their first VLT appearances, fare generally well as Henderson and Cleves, re spectively. Wagner is less phy sically imposing than might be desired, but he displays all of the expected craftiness in both business and romantic affairs. Jones is effective in conveying the corn-belt simplicity of Hen derson, but his characterization is a bit mannered, and could use a bit more force. “Any Wednesday” continues through Saturday at VLT, with curtain time set for 8:15 p.m. on all performance dates. Tick ets are available at the VLT box office, 2350 Hilyard, 344-7751, and cost $1.50 for adults, $1.25 for students. All seats are re served. Seven sororities get provisional recognition The SAB voted Tuesday to grant, provisional recognition to seven sororities until the first board meeting after the sorori ties’ national conventions. The new deadline for sororities to meet SAB recognition require ments is September for Pi Beta Phi and fall of 1970 for the others. Recognition for Lamba Chi Alpha was tabled until next week because no member was present to answer the board's questions. The meeting’s discussion cen tered on the SAB requirement that all University recognized organizations submit a state ment of membership require ments, sign a non-discrimination pledge, and certify that non BUICKS and OPELS COST LESS THE SERVICE IS BEST AT HULING BUICK 2200 West 7th 342-4444 Distributors for This Area Part Time or Full Time We Secure Locations To restock COMPANY SECURED ACCOUNTS WITH WORLD FA MOUS R.C.A. and SYLVANIA T.V., radio, stereo, and COLOR tubes sold thru our new (1968 Model) FREE self-service tube tester. 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Lamb da Chi Alpha was the only fra ternity not complying. Rex Armstrong, chairman of the SAB, explained that a pro visional recognition would have no effect on a house’s present campus standing. But, he added, if the national organization does not comply with the board’s re quirement, the house could as sume recognition was with drawn and that they could not pledge new members during regular rush. The ' board will meet next Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. to con clude the Greek statements and consider continued recognition of the Black Student Union. PATRONIZE YOUR ADVERTISERS HANNUM MOTORS AUTHORIZED DEALER for PARTS & SERVICE HANNUM MOTORS 344-4247 98 E. nth Campus happenings Today WALT CROWLEY, managing editor of Seattle’s L'nderground newspaper Helix, will speak at 7:30 tonight in 215 Al len. The talk is sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi and is open to the public. “BERNADA ALBA” will be discussed at 4 p.m. today in the Honor’s College. Speak ers will include Robert Ziller, Perry Powers and Mark Mali nauskas, who is directing the production of “Bernada Alba” on campus. “POPULATION, Resources and the American Economy” will be examined in a public symposium at 8 tonight in 123 Sci. Panelists will be Barry Siegel, professor of economics; Sen. Ed Fadeley, Peter Frank profes sor of biology, and Theodore Anderson, professor of sociol ogy. THE UNIVERSITY Sympho nic Band, which is considered one of the better collegiate bands in the country, will pre sent its spring concert free of charge at 8 tonight in the School of Music Recital Hall. The program will include a balanced presentation of 18th and 19th century music and contemporary works. THE CONCLUDING spring term Browsing Room lecture will be on “The Geographies of Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest.’ Lecturer for the program to night at 7:30 will be Thelma Greenfield, associate professor of English at the University. THE GRADUATE History Co ven film festival will present "The Flower Thief,” a comedy by the late underground direc tor Ron Rice, and some orig inal student films at 7 and 9 to night in 150 Sci. Admission is 50 cents. BAHA’I OPEN discussion will feature Unyime Nseyo and Kim Kimmerling speaking on “T h e Meaning of Spiritual Education in the New World Order” at 8 tonight in the EMU. A RECEPTION for eight can didates for their Master of Fine Arts degree will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. today in the Museum of Art. The candidates who are showing works beginning today through June 1 in the Museum of art include: Forrest German, V. J. Hagenbuckle, Robert Hen ry, Lawrence Freeman, Pei - In Hoy, Jan Shield, Patricia Ware and Hugh Webb. Future THE McKENZIE Flycasters, a group interested in promoting fly-fishing as a sport, will be offering free flycasting clinics at 6:15 p.m. Thursday in the Millrace. Poles and tackle will be furnished. CSPA STUDENT Action Council will hold elections of officers at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Hendricks Hall Lounge. Per - sons who are CSPA majors or pre-majors who will be here in the summer or fall, are encour aged to run for office. No ex perience is necessary. FRANCOIS T R U F FAUT’S “Jules and Jim” will be present ed by the French Club at 7 and 9 p.m. Thursday in the EMU Ballroom. The French film stars Jeanne Moreau and Oskar Werner. Mostly general SUMMER JOBS in forestry are available for male students qualified for federal programs for the disadvantaged. There are 15 job openings available on a first come basis. Pay is $2.02 to $2.21 per hour plus room. For further informa tion call ext. 1825. APPLICATIONS are being processed now for student-run cooperative housing for fall term 1969. Interested students should contact Ellen Mickel, Ext. 2282. A SPECIAL STUDY institute on “Recreation's Role in the Rehabilitation of the Retarded” will be held by the University today through Wednesday at the Country Squire. Featured speakers will in clude Mrs. Morris Pomeroy of Hillsboro, Calif., founder of the Hillsboro Recreation Center for the Handicapped; and George Wyse, director of the King County Park and Recreation Department (Seattle). Administrators and s u p e r visors of recreational programs and park departments in the Northwest will be participating in the three-day institute. THE RENTAL SALES Gal lery of the University Museum of Art will be selecting new work this week. Interested art ists are invited to submit their works to be judged. A similar invitation is extended for the third week in November, ac cording to Mrs. Thomas Sims, Gallery chairman. All submitted works must be taken to the museum office be tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. through Friday. 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